This Sporting Planet - Audio

This Sporting Planet - Audio

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This Sporting Planet - Audio episodes

  • What Sport Tells us About Life
    Ed Smith, professional cricketer and author of 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' (2008), discusses how and why sport has come to acquire such intense and diverse social meanings.
    19 min
  • Sport and Change
    Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their representation. The WSF ensures that women are central to sport and not on the sidelines.
    18 min
  • Transcript -- Sport and Change
    Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their representation. The WSF ensures that women are central to sport and not on the sidelines.
    0 min
  • Running for a Business
    Ed Warner is a city businessman who became part-time, non-executive chair of UK Athletics in 2007 and has had a pivotal role in preparing UK Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. His appointment highlights the links between commerce and sport.
    21 min
  • Transcript -- Running for a Business
    Ed Warner is a city businessman who became part-time, non-executive chair of UK Athletics in 2007 and has had a pivotal role in preparing UK Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. His appointment highlights the links between commerce and sport.
    0 min
  • Governing Global Sport
    Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society and writes extensively on political issues, including the political and social significance of sport and critical debates about the governance of sport.
    18 min
  • Transcript -- Governing Global Sport
    Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society and writes extensively on political issues, including the political and social significance of sport and critical debates about the governance of sport.
    0 min

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Sport is a massive global phenomenon. Events and sporting heroes attract an enormous amount of interest. What’s going on? Why do sporting heroes matter so much and why is the media full of sports…

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